I was advised NOT to use 40 degree flaps on final - be interested to hear other peoples opinions on that.
I have done all my training so far in a 172. It is more expensive than the 152s at my club but as I am 6'7" a 152 is a little impractical.
What I can say is that for standard approaches we use 20 degrees of flap. Anything more than that seems to be used only in specific conditions as a kind of contingency measure. I sometimes go up to 40 on PFLs (usually when I have screwed up and am overshooting
).
My instructor likes to have me do power on stalls with 40 degrees as the wing drop can be more dramatic. The first time I did that I nearly soiled myself
